Spool for fishing-reels.



W. KRAMER.'v sPooL Foa FISHING BBELS. APPLIOATIOIILBD IULM, 1910.RENEWED SERT. 18, 1912.

1,056,428, f Patented Mar.18,1913.

Wl TNESSES m mi Tan 7VzZZz21z Kramer UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIMER, `0F BROOKLYN HILL, NEW, YORK. I

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Specification of Letters Patent.- Application tiled kai-ch 24, 1910,Serial No. 581,373. Renewed September 18, 1912. Serial No. '121,(199.4

Patented Mar, 1s, 1913.

To all whom, t mag concern.' p j Be it known t at I, WILLIAM KRAMER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn Hill, in thecounty of Queens and State of New York have invented certainImprovements in Spools for Fishing-Reels, of which the following lis aspecification.

This invention relates tocertain improvements in spools such as areemployed 1n fishing reels, and the rincipal object of the invention isto pr uce a s ool ofthis type formed from plasti'materlal and suitab yreinforced at certam points where-exrience has shown that breakage ismost iable to occur. A further object being the production of a s ool,constructedin the manner above descrlbed, that will be capable ofconvenient and effective assemblage with the other parts of the reel.

rlhe invention consists in certain lnovel features of the construction,and combination and arrangement of the vseveral parts of the improvedspool, whereby certain important advantages are attained, and the deviceis rendered simpler, less expensive, and otherwisevbetter adapted andmore convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invent-ion will be carefully defined in theclaims.

1n the accompanying drawings which serve to illustrate myinvention-Figure l is a fragmentary vertical section through a reelembodying my im rovements; Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofJ the reelspool, partly broken away to illustrate the means forl reinforcing thesame; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken axiallythrough the spool and click wheel, and F ig. 4 s a detail perspectiveview showing a modified form of .the spool shaft, with the collar forsecuring the spool against lateral movement on said shaft.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A represents a .reel havinga metallic cage-like frame consisting of two annular bands or rings 1and 2, spaced apartand connected by means of tie-bars 3, 3 arranged atsuitable intervals, the ends of saidy tie-bars being reduced and passedthrough the bands or rings 1 and 2, and being riveted upon the outerfaces thereof. to afford a rigid connection between the parts. Theconcaved metal plate 4 is held upon the tie-bars 3 at one side of thereel,

allowing the same to be secured in a usual manner to the reel-seat ofthe fishing roda Theannular band or ring 1 at one end of the cage-like.frame of the device is provided with` an outwardly directed annularflange 5 which is exteriorly screw-threaded to receive upon itsperimetral surface a ring 6 .of hard rubber, while the inner surface offlange 5, adjacent to its outer edge, is in l screw threads fittingsnugly within a correspondingly formed screw threaded internal surface'produced within an annular edge flange 9 upon a hard rubber end late 10which is thus adapted to tightly c ose the end of the reel opposite tothe end plate 7 The opposite end plates 7 and l0 of the improve reel areprovided with centrally located and alined bearing pieces 11, 11, whichare externally, screw-,threaded for engagement with correspondinglyscrew-threaded apertures at the central parts j, of the respective endplates so that said bearing pieces may be adjusted toward and from eachother in assembling the parts of the reel for securing accurateadjustment of the bearings 15, l5 wherein the journals 16, 16\

at opposite ends of the spool shaft 17 are engaged to turn.y Saidbearings l5, l5 are preferably in the form of hardened steel cups, andas herein shown, the journals 16, 16, at the ends of the spool shaft 17are coned to permit accurate adjustment of the parts at assemblage andto take" up wear. Lock-nuts 18 are herein shown screwed upon the outerends of the bearing pieces 11, l1, to hold them in secure adjustedposition and j also to prevent leakage of water between the parts, andthe bea-ring pieces are provided with bores which afford communicationfrom the exterior to the cups15,15, so that the same may belubricat'edfrom time to time if desired. These bores are closed normally at theirouter ends by means of ball valves' 19, preferably of glass so that theymay not be corroded by contact Vwith water, and

which are normally pressed into seated po' sition by means of springs 20in such a way as to prevent the entry of water or grit into thebearings. I have discovered that while spools formed from hard rubber orthe like are very desirablepfor use in reels, such spools are alsoliable to be readily broken, and for this reason I have shown herein anarrangement o of spool 'wherein the hard rubber or other similar moldedbody portion thereof is provided with a metallic reinforce embeddedwithin it.'

B-represents a spool which is shown in detail in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, andcomprises a metal sleeve 21 through which the spool shaft 17 lis assed,and metal end reinforces l 22, 22 of circular formation, secured uponthe ends of said sleeve 21, and embedded in 20 the hard rubber or othei`composition .fromv which the body portion of the spool is formed in sucha way that the metallic reinforces 22, 22 are completely covered by thehard rubber or other composition, there 25 by forming the flanges 24 ofthe spool B. The metallic end pieces or reinforces 22,22 are preferablyprovided with closely adJacent apertures 25, 25 through which the hardrubber or other composition 23 is adapted to be passed in the molding ofthe spool in such a way as to bind together those portions of the hardrubber covering which are extended over the reinforces at .the flangesof the `spool to prevent the covering composition from being brokenorscaled away.

An annular ila-nge or circular metallic part 26 is formed upon, orintegrally secured to the spool shaft 17 near one of its ends, its otherend being externally threaded .to receive an internally threadedcolla'i` or circular metallic part 27. The sleeve 21 is adapted to besecured between the annular flange 26 and the collar 27 which arepreferably countersunk in the end of the spool as shown in F l.

' The spool shaft 17 carries at its end adjacent to the end plate 10,and at the inner side of said end plate, a gear pinion 28 which is heldin engagement with the spool '50 B by means of pins 29 passing throughapertures in the annular flange 26 and the metallic reinforce 22adjacent thereto, the said openings in the metallic reinforce 22 throughwhich the pins 29 pass exposing the metallie reinforcements 22, 22 whichwere elsewhere embedded within the spool. The gear pinion 28 is adaptedto be enga ed by a spur gear wheel 30 which is capab e of turningmovement upon the inner end of an actuating shaft 31 mounted on the stud31h, which is extended through a .sleeve 312t held within a boss 32formed upon the end plate 10, and to the outer end of which is securedan actuating lever or crank 33 one end whereof is provided in a wellknown way with a crank handle 34 whilethe opposite end thereof isprovided with the usual form of counterbalance .35. A thumb piece 39 isadapted to be manipulated whereby its intimate structure controls therelative positions of the pinion 28 and the gear wheel 30 which is moreparticularly set forth in'my co-pending application Serial No. 397,237,filed October 14, 1907.

A click wheel 36, adapted to be actuated in any suitable manner, andengaged by the click pawl 36a is secured upon the end of the spool shaftopposite to the pinion 28 and said click wheel is held in engagementwith the spool B by means of pins 37 which pass through aperturesv32E-in the collar 27 and the metallic reinforce 22 adjacent to saidcollar, the pins 37 also serving to lock the collar 27 against turningmovement upon the shaft 17 upon which it is threaded.

While the portion of the spool shaft that engages the sleeve 21 ispreferably of a cylindrical formation, it may be desirable to forni saidsleeve with a slightly tapered or conical bore, the correspondingportion of the spool shaft being similarly formed as shown in Fig. 4,tapering from the annular flange 26 toward the collar 27, whereby thespool B may be tightly -ftted to the spool shaft by tightening thethreaded collar or nut 27. l

From the above description it will be seen that the improved spoolconstructed according to my invention is of an extremely simple` andcomparatively inexpensive nature, and is particularly well adapted foruse by reason of its-strength, lightness, and convenience of assemblage,and it will also be obvious from the above description that the deviceis susceptible of considerable change without material departure fromthe principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do notdesire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form andarrangement of the several parts herein set forth in carrying out myinvention in practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-4 ters Patent is 1. A fishing reel having a flanged spoolformed from plastic material and provided with reinforcements exposed atopposite ends of the rotative axis of the spool for engagement withsecuring means, said reinforcements including circular metallic artsembedded in o posite ends of said spoo and extended within the flangesthereof to prevent breakage and a tubular metal sleevel extended axiallythrough the spool with opposite ends secured to said circular parts andprovided with a bore for the passage of a spool shaft and adapted toprevent splitting of the spool when pressure is brought to bear uponopposite ends of said spool.

' permit withdrawal of the spool 'from the shaft, and means assingthroughthe devices engaging the reinforces embedded within' the spool toprevent movement of the spool on the shaft.

3. A fishing. reel having a shaft, a spool provided with reinforcesembedded in its opposite ends mounted upon said' shaft, devices carriedby the shaft adapted to prevent movement of the spool relatively to theshaft, one of said devices being removable to permit withdrawal of thespool from the shaft, and pins passing through t-he devices engaging thereinforces embedded Within the spool to prevent movement of thespool onthe shaft.

4. A fishing reel having a shaft, an annular fiange formed thereon and acollar having threaded engagement with said shaft, a spool provided withreinforces at its opposite ends mounted on said shaft and held againstlateral movement thereon by the annular flange vand collar, a gearpinion mounted on said shaft, a click wheel mounted on said shaft, andpins passing through the fiange and the collar engaged with thereinforces of the spool and with the gear pinion and click wheel toprevent turning movement of said spool, gear pinion and click wheelv onsaid shaft.

5. A fishing reel having a shaft, an annular fiange formed thereon and acollar having threaded engagement with said shaft, a

l 8 spool provided with reinforces at its opiposite ends mounted on saidshaft and eld against lateral movement thereon by the annular fiange andcollar and means extended in a direction parallel to the axis of theshaft whereby said annular flange and said collar may be engaged withthe reinforces of the spool.

6. A fishing reel having a shaft, an annular fiange formed thereon, anda collar having threaded engagement with said shaft, a spool providedwith reinforces at its opposite ends mounted on said shaft and heldagainst lateral movement thereon by the annular fiange and collar, agear pinion mounted on said shaft, a click wheel mounted on said shaft,and lmeans extended in a direction parallel to the axis of the shaftwhereby the annular flange and the collar may be engaged with thereinforces of the spool and with the gear pinion and click wheel to'prevent turning movement of said spool, gear plnlon, and click wheel onsaid shaft.

7. A fishing reel having a shaft, aspool provided with a reinforcementmounted upon said shaft exposed at opposite ends of the rotative axis ofthe spool but elsewhere embedded therein and devices carried by theshaft engageable With the e'Xposed parts of said reinforcement toprevent movement of the spool relatively to the shaft.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this'25 day ofFebruary 1910, in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

WILLIAM KRAMER.

WILFRED E. LAWSON, G. MounET.

